[MPWG] Fw: FAO INFOSYLVA news clippings

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Forwarding excerpts from the FAO INFOSYLVA news clippings from the past 
three months - with news clips for the North American region (Canada, 
Mexico and the U.S.)!

Thank you,
-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

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FAO INFOSYLVA 2009-23






 N. 23/2009

  
INFOSYLVA is an information service of news clippings  provided by the FAO 
Forestry Information Centre  
with news on forestry in English, French and Spanish. 

INFOSYLVA est un service d'information à partir de coupures de presse, mis 
à disposition par le Centre d'Information  
sur les Forêts de la FAO et qui fait le point de l'actualité dans ce 
secteur, en anglais, français et espagnol. 
INFOSYLVA es el servicio de información de recortes de prensa suministrado 
por el Centro de Informacion Forestal de 
la FAO con noticias sobre las actividades forestales, en inglés, francés y 
español. 
 
 




Forthcoming Events 
 
Taking stock of smallholder and community forestry: Where do we go from 
here?
24 - 26 March 2010 - Montpellier, France
 
 
FAO
Guyana hailed for forest preservation efforts
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations today 
hailed Guyana?s pioneering efforts in the climate change fight as laudable 
during a two-day workshop held to discuss concerns regarding financial 
reward for countries with high forest cover. 
 
 
 

 
Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 
01 - 15 December/Décembre/Diciembre 2009 
 
 
Canada
Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information
The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed 
new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern 
Canada.
 
Mexico
Es ilegal al menos la mitad de la producción forestal en México
Según estimaciones de la Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente el 
suelo del bosque es vital y cuando se sustrae para su venta como tierra de 
monte, afecta gravemente a este sector.
 
United States of America
Cap-and-trade means plant-a-tree for U.S. farms
The lion's share of revenue earned by U.S. farmers for controlling 
greenhouse gases under a House-passed climate bill would be paid for 
growing trees.
 
Copenhagen: Barack Obama backs Norway-Brazil forest protection plan
US president endorses scheme proposed by Norway and Brazil that would 
protect the world's rainforests with funding from rich countries which 
cannot cut their emissions at home.
 
Learning to love forest fires in Yosemite National Park
When southern California is consumed by fire, the state employs an arsenal 
of equipment and manpower to battle the inferno. The key priority is to 
save lives and homes.
 
Obama on global warming and forest protection
President of the United States, Barack Obama, was in Oslo, Norway this 
morning accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which he won in part for 
promising to bring the United States to the negotiating table on climate 
change?something he has recently done.
  
U.S. cap-and-trade payments could help end Amazon deforestation, reduce 
CO2 emissions 2-5%
Funds generated under a U.S. cap-and-trade or a broader U.N.-supported 
scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and 
degradation ("REDD") could play a critical role in bringing deforestation 
in the Brazilian Amazon to a halt, reports a team writing in the journal 
Science. But the window of opportunity is short ? Brazil has a two to 
three year window to take actions that would end Amazon deforestation 
within a decade.
 
U.S. forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of nation's CO2 
emissions, new estimates find
The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that 
U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon 
dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.






 N. 01/2010

  


Canada
L'arbre qui cache la forêt dévastée
Les palabres et les sparages à la conférence de Copenhague ont occupé 
tellement d'espace médiatique qu'ils ont masqué un échec aussi important : 
l'incapacité de conclure un accord pour enrayer la déforestation. Celle-ci 
représente environ 20 % des émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre 
(GES)... et un moyen de subsistance pour un milliard de personnes.

US
US cult of greed is now a global environmental threat, report warns
Excessive consumption has spread to developing countries and could wipe 
out efforts to slow climate change, Worldwatch Institute says
 
More than $6 million in stimulus funds being spent on forestry
More than $6 million in federal stimulus money will be making its way to 
North Carolina forests. The money will be used to reduce the chances of 
wildfires, help with the longleaf pine restoration projects and prevent 
sedimentation near forests from entering waterways.
 
EE. UU., muy interesado en usar los créditos por la deforestación evitada
La opción de remunerar en los mercados de carbono la deforestación evitada 
es muy controvertida.


 N. 2/2010

  
Forthcoming Events 
 
World Biofuels Market, 15-17 March, 2010 Amsterdam
Leading industry networking event where, each year, the leaders of the 
biofuels world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners and 
help drive innovation and business.  Over 4500 high calibre executives 
from 78 countries have attended WBM to date.
New Publication
 
Following recommendations of Mediterranean countries members of the Silva 
Mediterranea Committee a Newsletter has been published in January 2010 
with a special focus on Forest Genetic Resources: a key issue for 
adaptation of Mediterranean Forest to Climate Change. This newsletter can 
be download in English on http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/en/ and in 
French on  http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/fr/


 
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